Patient Navigation to Improve Patient-Centered Cancer Care
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Cancer
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Enrollment
- 400
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- The Time From Cancer Diagnosis To First Oncology Appointment
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The MGH Cancer Center's patient navigation (PN) program, utilizes specially trained community-based personnel to improve cancer care in underserved communities by increasing cancer screening and removing barriers to timely care. This program incorporate rigorous evaluation to demonstrate the impact of innovation in healthcare delivery.
Detailed Description
This program allow cancer patients from MGH Community Health Centers (CHC) and surrounding communities who experience barriers to accessing care, including poverty, and limited English proficiency, and provide them navigation to receive timely, guideline-concordant treatment at MGH Cancer Center. By offering these vulnerable individuals a patient-centered approach to treatment, The investigators aim to promote patient engagement and increase access throughout the continuum of cancer care.
Investigators
Sanja Percac-Lima, MD
Principal Investigator
Massachusetts General Hospital
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Adult patients (age 18 and older)
- •Newly diagnosed with cancer referred from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) community health centers in
- •Charlestown
- •surrounding communities referred to receive cancer treatment at the MGH Cancer Center
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients that primary care providers exclude
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
The Time From Cancer Diagnosis To First Oncology Appointment
Time Frame: 2 Years
Length of time in days from cancer diagnosis to first completed oncology appointment.
Adherence With Cancer Treatment
Time Frame: 2 years
Adherence with cancer treatment will be measured as no-show rate to scheduled oncology appointments.
Secondary Outcomes
- Health Related Quality Of Life(2 years)
- Emergency Department Visits(2 years)
- Unplanned Hospitalizations/Readmissions(2 years)
- Patient Engagement In Care(2 years)
- Proportion Of Patients Enrolled In Clinical Trials(2 years)
- Overall Survival(2 years)
- Overall Missed Health Care Visits(2 years)
- Inpatient Hospitalization Length Of Stay.(2 years)
- Patient's Financial Burden(2 years)
- Patient Satisfaction With Patient Navigation Program (PNP)(2 years)
- Patient Satisfaction with Cancer Care(2 years)